Centers

English Language Proficiency Test

Procedures for Students Who are Required to do Additional English Language Proficiency Testing

Who Should Take the Test

  1. Only students who have been admitted to the University of Pittsburgh may take this English test. The scores will not be reported to any institution outside the University of Pittsburgh.
  2. International students who have Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores between 550 (213) and 600 (250) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores between Band 6.5 and Band 7 are required to take this test. Academic departments also may ask students with higher scores to take the test.

Test Procedures

  1. Information about dates, times, and place of the test is available by clicking on the link below. Students do not have to register ahead of time. However, no more than 30 students will be permitted in any one testing session.

    2. English Language Proficiency Test schedule

  2. If it is not possible for a student to take this test at one of the regularly scheduled times, the student’s academic advisor or a department staff person should contact the English Language Institute (ELI) testing supervisor at sar72@pitt.edu or 412-624-6077.
  3. Students must come to the test with a photo ID and a copy of their letter of admission to the University of Pittsburgh. Students will not be admitted to the test without these two things.
  4. Students should bring pencils or pens. This is not a computer test.
  5. Students should come a few minutes before the test is scheduled to begin. No one will be admitted after the test has started.
  6. The test is approximately three hours, and there is no scheduled break during the test.

Score Reports and Recommendations

  1. Tests will be scored and recommendations will be completed by noon of the day after students take the test.
  2. Departmental and student copies of the report form will be sent by campus mail to the department or school to which the student has been admitted. Students may get their copy of the score report from their academic department.
  3. If the student and the academic advisor need the report form more quickly to make decisions about course registration, ELI will fax a copy of the form to the department. Departments or schools also may send someone to pick up the report forms.
  4. Students should not come to the ELI offices for their report forms. ELI will not give score report forms directly to students.